NEWARK, N.J. -- Tyrod Taylor played only two drives, but made the most of his second and final one.

Operating out of the no-huddle, he fired a 36-yard touchdown pass to tight end David Njoku to to put the Browns up 7-6 with 2:55 left in the first quarter.

Taylor went 3-for-3 on the drive with passes of six and 21 to Rashard Higgins, who served as the third receiver. Higgins caught the 21-yarder on starter Eli Apple to set up the TD.

The drive accomplished Taylor's goal heading in.

"Positive plays,'' he said Tuesday. "Of course, you don't want to get in the habit of having negative plays. Getting the ball out of your hands. We have tremendous playmakers so the more we can get those guys the ball and allow them to go out there and make plays, the better off we are as a team.

"Of course, putting points on the board is definitely a key factor to success. It is just the first preseason game. You want to take it game by game and go out there and improve on something different each game."

Overall, he went 5-for-5 for 99 yards with 1 TD. He earned a 158.3 rating.

Taylor opened with a 32-yard completion to Jarvis Landry over Janoris Jenkins down the left side, but Landry had a little too much "Juice" after the catch and spiked the ball to earn a 15-yard taunting penalty. Taylor went right back to Landry for a 4-yard pass over the middle, but Carlos Hyde was dropped for a 1-yard loss and then Taylor ran for two yards and slid on third and 7 to bring out the punt team.

Antonio Callaway started the game opposite Landry despite his brush with the law early Sunday morning.